City of Richmond VA Public Works
Please save the date for our next E-Cycle Event:
Bring One for the Chipper
Saturday, January 8, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
1710 Robin Hood Road (Arthur Ashe Blvd & Robin Hood Road)
The event includes:
• Christmas Tree Recycling (remove all decorations, ornaments and tinsel)
• Document Shredding (up to five (5) boxes of documents. Be sure to remove all binders, staples and clips)
• Electronics (various fees apply)
• Pesticides, Herbicides and Oil-based Paints (bug spray, rodent poison and herbicides (Roundup, Weed B Gon etc.)
Note: Latex and water based paints will NOT be collected. These items can be left in open paint cans until they have dried out and then put in with regular curbside trash pick-up.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news…Hampton Roads is mulling changes in its recycling program. Glass remains an issue.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news…The Virginia Mercury had a recent story about how state agencies are attempting to comply with Governor Northam’s executive order to phase out single-use plastics with an ultimate goal of eliminating their use by the end of 2025, while manufacturers and chemical companies are pushing back against regulation.

Meanwhile on the national level, as reported by Inside Climate News, President Biden’s infrastructure bill includes money for recycling, but the debate over plastics rages on – The industry sees bipartisan support for “sustainable” plastics, while environmentalists call that an oxymoron and say the funding will have limited impact.

Getting back to the local level, W. Cary Street and Belvidere Street have seen an increase in plastic litter as more fast food businesses have moved into the neighborhood. In other parts of the City, neighborhoods are directing parking permit money towards anti-litter programs.

The James River Association recently released 2021 State of the James, a biennial report card examining the status and trends of eighteen separate indicators across two categories, River Health and River Restoration Progress, that are interconnected and build on each other to achieve a healthy James River.
The overall health of the river has received a grade “B-” with a score of 61%. Although the grade for the James has remained in the B- range since 2015, the overall score dropped one point from 2019 and two points since the recent high of 63%.
Plastic pollution is the most common type of marine litter worldwide and a problem for Virginia’s rivers and streams including the James, threatening native wildlife and our marine ecosystems. Plastic does not biodegrade. Instead, it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces that persist in the environment and can work their way up the food chain to the fish that we eat. Virginians deserve plastic-free waterways, and we all have a role to play in accomplishing that goal.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news…

There’s still a lot of public interest in a bottle bill…
https://richmond.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-for-nov-14-2021-bottle-bill-could-improve-recycling-in-virginia/article_5ca1c73d-3dfa-58a1-81ff-1afc477a4a12.html

There’s also a lot of hope and expectations for the recently passed infrastructure bill.

Recycling and waste groups say other infrastructure bill-related funding for recycling education grants could be “years” away. Advocacy groups are particularly focused on the infrastructure bill’s inclusion of the RECYCLE Act, which aims to improve residential recycling by authorizing up to $15 million per year in recycling education grants over five years, through 2026.

Stakeholders have long said the bill’s funding for recycling projects shows the Biden administration recognizes recycling as critical to national infrastructure, but they say the true litmus test will be in how successfully the EPA actually rolls out the grant programs the bill promises.

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news…

High aluminum prices, supply chain issues create ‘best of times and the worst of times’ for recyclers is the headline for a waste dive.com industry report. In it, Michael Benedetto, president and owner at TFC Recycling in Virginia is quoted:

“Aluminum seemed to be the laggard behind paper and some other commodity prices going up, and we were baffled by that… It’s been refreshing to see all commodity prices improved from where they were in 2019 and part of 2020.”

But the piece goes on to say that complicating factors like transportation and supply chain difficulties are creating a bittersweet moment for many aluminum recyclers that can’t easily get their product to market.

Reuters has an article about how

‘Consumer goods giants are funding projects to send plastic trash to cement plants, where it is burned as cheap energy. They’re touting it as a way to keep plastic out of dumps and use less fossil fuel. Critics say it undercuts recycling efforts and worsens air quality. One said it was “like moving the landfill from the ground to the sky.”’

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

Recent update: Crews encourage residents to put recycling trash out on collection days

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, Governor Northam’s executive order is receiving some push-back from the Virginia Manufacturers Association. But, of course, the VMA does not offer any real alternatives.

Meanwhile, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation offers scientific proof that the Chesapeake Bay is a ‘sink’ for plastic pollution.

“The fact that stuff doesn’t get pushed out into the ocean — that we’re retaining plastic — is a big find,” Robinson said. “It potentially means there could be serious effects of plastic on Bay ecology.”

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.

One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, here is a recently release overview of the entire industry in the United States- https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/overview-state-of-municipal-recycling-industry-2021-takeaways/

Also, Virginia Tech has announced progresses in reducing single-use plastic and solid waste. How does VCU compare?

This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which NORMALLY means trash and recycling pickup. But due to the Labor Day holiday, Oregon Hill’s pickup will be Thursday morning this week.

Please go over what can be recycled. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

Then again, recent worker shortages may hinder the pickup…

In other recycling news, bottle bill supporters are lobbying with increased vigor as they are planning national bottle bill legislation that is separate from Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.